The Artist's Way is a spiritual journey, a pilrimage home to the self.

Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself.

What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do. When we do what we are meant to do, money comes to us, doors open for us, we feel useful, and the work we do feels like play to us.

The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other people’s expectations.

I have learned, as a rule of thumb, never to ask whether you can do something. Say, instead, that you are doing it. Then fasten your seat belt. The most remarkable things follow.

Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough - that we should try again.

It takes constant vigilance not to slip into negativity or simple apathy. It takes courage to believe over any given period of time that we are getting better and not sliding into decline.

As you move toward a dream, the dream moves toward you.

Creativity requires faith. Faith requires that we relinquish control.

If we lean into what we love instead of soldiering toward what we 'should,' our pace quickens, our energy rises, optimism sets in. What we love is nutritious for us.

What we focus on, we empower and enlarge. Good multiplies when focused upon. Negativity multiplies when focused upon. The choice is ours: Which do we want more of?

Procrastinate now, don't put it off.

Cynicism places the cynic at the center seat of judgement with the self appointed authority to criticize and condemn.

Pain is weakness leaving the body

What rare days were those, When my chief duty was to write a song.

Never spit in front of women and children, and never insult the great state of Texas.

I'm not real impressed with the Star Trek weaponry, I gotta be honest.

Unfortunate and wretched are those who have respected a book they did not love and hated those they did.

There are two types of companies in the world: those that know they've been hacked, and those that don't.

You know what the secret to weight loss is? Don't eat much.

Those who follow the Tao are of clear mind. They do not load their mind with anxieties and are flexible in their adjustment to external conditions.